Miguel de Cervantes

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

Character • Ethics • Improvement

Every one is the son of his own works.

Achievements • Improvement • Karma

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Affection • Beauty • Love

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

Motivational • Strategy • Success

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Empowerment • Independence • Motivational

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Integrity • Justice • Morality

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Absence • Love • Time

The eyes those silent tongues of love.

Love • Romance

That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

Love • Relationships

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Planning • Procrastination • Productivity

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Awareness • Humility • Improvement

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

Courage • Hope • Human

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Courage • Friendship • Wealth

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Perception • Philosophy • Reality

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

Bravery • Courage • Fear

To be prepared is half the victory.

Motivational • Success

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Character • Friendship • Influence

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Communication • Proverbs • Wisdom

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Achievements • Motivational • Perseverance

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Fear • Imagination • Insecurity